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PROJECT
Starting from selected excerpts from the work Written in a Garden by Marguerite Yourcenar research ways of relationship between words and the garden. Motivate the implementation of transversal and key competences in oral and written communication of students, particularly those with weak results
PUBLIC This methodology was experimented and drafted in the tropical garden of Monte Palac, at Monte, close to Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, from 20 to 24 February, with European teachers during the peer-to-peer training mobility. It has similarly been the object of implementation with different audiences, high school students with weak results, from Cortina d’Ampezzo and Trieste, Italy
KEY COMPETENCES
Communication in the mother tongue
Social competences and citizenship
Humanist culture and expression of sensitivity
OBJECTIVES
To implement a pedagogical strategy placing the garden as vehicle to
enhance reading, creative practice, communication in the mother tongue and that of the hosting country, group dialogue, listening to others
to encourage the intellectual curiosity for the European literary heritage
GARDENS EXPLORED
Tropical garden of Monte Palace in Madeira, Portugal
Gardens of Cortina d’Ampezzo and Trieste, Italy
MATERIALS
The booklet by Marguerite Yourcenar Written in a Garden, (Fata Morgana Publ.) translated into many languages, and a collection of other literary works on the theme of the garden
Materials to write and draw (paper, pencils, pens, watercolour..)
DEVELOPMENT
The activities develop in 5 phases after an individual exploration of the garden :
to read aloud the texts selected, fragments, quotations, passages from the work by Yourcenar and other authors. At the same time to look at the garden to fully perceive the richness, fragility and beauty of nature
to introduce some themes of writing starting from reading, for instance : childhood, trees, imagination, loneliness, silence, shade, water…. To suggest that the participants fill out the list with themes of their choice
to write short autobiographical texts inspired to these themes linking together personality and garden
to illustrate the text with drawings, painting, photos, etc.
to join texts and images in a ’Green Notebook’. With reference to Marguerite Yourcenar’s work, words and images will constitute the core material for the creation of a personal, creative notebook
EVALUATION
It takes into account the ability to :
Master the oral and written mother tongue
To enrich the oral and written mother tongue with the acquisition of terms borrowed from literary and poetic texts
To build up and implement written texts minding spelling and poetic rules (form, metric, rhyme..)
Develop awareness and cultural expression
To develop the ability to express in an artistic and creative form
To use and improve the range of techniques to realize the ’Green Notebook’
Develop social and civic competences
To dialogue and communicate in a critical way, to share the notebooks implemented
AUTHOR
Patrizia Rigoni
Acquamarina Associazione Culturale – Trieste - Italy
PHOTOS
Annamaria Castellan
Acquamarina Associazione Culturale – Trieste - Italy
TRANSLATER
Mary Gino
Association Acquamarina, Trieste, Italie